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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






3. What foods have high quality protein?






4. What function is vitamin A?






5. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






6. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






8. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






9. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






10. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






11. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






12. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






13. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






14. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






15. What is normal BMI?






16. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






17. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






18. The higher the BMR a client has --






19. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






20. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






21. What is the function of vitamin C?






22. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






23. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






24. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






25. What is RDA of protein?






26. What is the function of vitamin E?






27. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






28. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






29. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






30. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






31. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






32. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






33. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






34. What function is vitamin D?






35. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






36. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






38. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






39. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






40. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






41. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






42. Sources of fats






43. When does BMR increase?






44. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






45. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






46. What does DASH stand for?






47. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






48. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






50. How much milk is to be consumed per day?







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